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Israel condemns Zionism comments by Turkey's PM Erdogan
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| Author | BBC |
| News Date | Friday, March 1, 2013 05:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has been heavily criticised by the US, Israel and the UN for branding Zionism a "crime against humanity".
He told a UN forum this week: "As with Zionism, anti-Semitism and fascism, it is inevitable that Islamophobia be considered a crime against humanity."
Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu strongly condemned his comments.
New US Secretary of State John Kerry said in Ankara that Washington found Mr Erdogan's remark "objectionable".
At a news conference in the Turkish capital, Mr Kerry said he had already raised the issue with Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu and would also discuss it with Mr Erdogan himself.
The foreign minister again criticised Israeli troops for killing nine Turkish activists in 2010. The activists were aboard a flotilla of aid ships trying to break Israel's naval blockade of Gaza.
"If some countries acted in a hostile way against our citizens' right to life, allow us to reserve our right to make a statement," Mr Davutoglu said. |
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